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Witness Kamrul Hasan, an ASI of DMP’s Crime Command and Control Centre, testified that on July 17 last year, the then commissioner issued an order via wireless communication to “use maximum force” and fire from kneeling positions with Chinese rifles.

An audio clip of the instruction, later played in court, was submitted as evidence.

Constable Abdur Rahman testified that on July 19, 2024, while posted at Rampura Police Station, he heard gunfire after then OC Moshiur Rahman and ADC (Khilgaon Zone) Rashedul Islam arrived in a BGB armoured vehicle from the TV Bhaban area and ordered police to open fire on protesters.

He later learned that a man named Nadim and an elderly woman were killed, and a six-year-old child was injured. He said he later saw a video showing former SI Tariqul Islam Bhuiyan and Chanchal Chandra shooting a man hanging from the ledge of an under-construction building near the station.

The witness said the then DMP commissioner later visited the station and gave OC Moshiur Tk 1 lakh in appreciation of the police’s actions that day.

Defence lawyers cross-examined the three witnesses, alleging their statements were false and tutored. The witnesses denied the allegations.